Hinckley Ladies Netball A scored an impressive 45-25 win over Harbury A to end the year on a high.

A scoreless second quarter did the damage as Hinckley led 21-7 which they extended to 31-16 after the third quarter.

Hinckley finished the game with their highest scoring quarter with player of the match awarded to Holly Hemsley.

The B team played close rivals Ambleside D and though Hinckley started with three substitutions, on their second game of the day, they were able to keep the score low for the first half of the match with the second quarter ending 9-10 to Ambleside.

With the return of goal keeper Emma Draycott in the second half Hinckley’s defence increased their pressure on the Ambleside shooters.

Player of the match, centre Emily Davis, played well at both ends feeding some excellent passes in to the shooters Carole Payne and Hemsley but Ambleside managed to up their game to win 27-19.

Hinckley’s C team enjoyed a 33-13 win against Keresley B and were ahead 11-4 after the first quarter. Keresley swapped their goal defence who made things more difficult for the Hinckley shooters and Keresley became a much stronger unit. However, the Hinckley defence worked hard throughout with both wing defence Julia Waite and goal defence Chloe Sansome making some greatly timed interceptions. Hinckley had a good last quarter with their defence only letting in one goal and good work in attack producing another 11 goals for Hinckley.

The D team had to make two changes due to unavailability of players. Captain Karen Stephenson brought in Laura Benz at Wing Defence and Lucy Marsden at goal attack, the latter despite having an injury to both her knees played a superb game growing in confidence as the game progressed.

Rachel Bowler was substituted at half time due to illness and Leanne Evans took to the court intercepting several important passes but in a tight game Hinckley lost 29-28. Sadie Baker was named player of the match.

Hinckley E entertained an Ernesford E just below them in the table at the Leicester Road Sports Ground in Hinckley. Sub Karen Ramage came in at GK for the unavailable Alice Roche with Leanne Evans holding onto the GD bib for the injured Lucy Brogden. Lucy Marsden found her range in the shooting circle and after the first quarter, Hinckley were ahead by three goals.

Tied at 14 each at half time, Ernesford held the slight advantage at the end of the third quarter with a 21-22 lead. But Hinckley threw everything into the last quarter going ahead by four goals and retained enough of the ball to hang on 31-29 victory with Lucy Marsden earning another player of the match accolade.